Last week, my wife asked me about one of my tweets.
This normally isn’t a big deal, since it’s certainly not the first time she’s asked me about one of my tweets. What made this situation unique, was the fact that I hadn’t actually penned the tweet myself.
I was happy to find it wasn’t SPAM. No one wants to “be that guy,” but I still wasn’t comfortable with tweets going out that were not actually mine.
Why did it happen?
I had given permission on my Twitter account to an online app a number of months ago. I promptly revoked the permission and went through and cleaned up my Twitter account permissions.
Now, what about Facebook, LinkedIn and others?
Here is a handy tool to help you determine what apps have permissions to access your private information:
